Furniture base



April l, 1930. R. F. TAYLOR 1,752,818

FURNITURE BASE Filed May 2. 1927 5 l ,f 3 d -q 6 9 n 3 f i??ln/m1145019'.

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Patented Apr. 1, 1930 PATENT oFEicE ROY" F. TAYLOR, 0F RICHMOND, INDIANAf FURNITURE BASE y Application nieanay 2, i927. 1 serial No. 188,140.

. The object of my present invention, broad- .i

ly speaking, is to provide a detachable base 4for furniture, thesamefbeing strong and durable in construction, neat and attractive in sappearance, economicalas to labor and makterial required, easily andquickly placed into Vposition or detached therefrom, and which can bemanufactured and sold at a ccmparatively low price. Y i More"specificallystated my object is Ato provide a detachable'or separablebase construction adapted; for various kinds of furn1ture,such.forinstance and more particularly, for Fchiflorobes or the like; whereby;..the body ,ofY the article of furniture and its @base maybeconstructed separately, and by.

l' which the base may he packed inside the body of the furnitureforistorage jandjshipment, n thereby economizing space and reducing they2Q cost of shipmenuand minimizing the danger of 'damage thereto;

And,` nally, my object is to provide a basen of vexceptionally rigidconstruction, -byV which the llegs thereof are `made absolutely Secureand will notbecome inadvertently loosened;l and to provide various otheradvantages and refinements, which=will suggest themselves in, thecourseof the following: specification andinthe drawings formingav part of thespecication. v

- .f The` preferred'mea'ns for carrying out the principles and theobjects of myinvention in a practical and economical manneris shown y inthe accompanying 'drawings,`in which.

Figu'rel is va front', elevation of an example of my invention, showingindottedlines the lower portion ofy a chifforobe as it would ap-l pearin connection with my base. Figure 2 is a top plan view of my entirebase alone..

o Figure 3 is a cross section of the same, as

taken on the line 3*-3 of Fig. 2. Figure t is a detail view, showing theunderside of one of the corner portions of my base. Figure 5 is a detailsection, astaken on the line 5-5` And Figure 6 is a cross sectionl ofeither of the four rails taken, for instance of Fig. 2.

on line 6-6 of Fig. 2.

Similar indices denote like parts throughs Y *its plate 9,-with theirheads' located..in' the soraerfereedrbawofef'theirame members- 10 outthe several views.

y In order that the construction may be more,

' Numeral 10 denotes eachI of thefou-r lag-i The members .1, 2, 3 and 4are,.in this iiistance, mitered togetherv at their junctures where theyform `the-corners' of the jfranie ofrthebase. The said four membersofthe frame are made of material ofthe same size and shape incross-section, which in this instanceis in the nature of a strip of'lumber, or othermaterial, forming a molding, theV same having an upperrabbetl and da lower rabbet 6, both formed in the inner or con, tact.face thereof, substantially as shown in Fig. 6, for the purposehereinafterset forth.

The adjoining ends of each two of the inembers of the frame are Vfirstconnected by a crimped-metal tie?, each of Vwhich is driven down intothe wood from the rabbet-.

v A triangularblock 8 is secured in each corner of the frame, and eachblock connects two members ofthe frame. The lower faces of said lblocksare located flush withvthe hori` zontal sides of the rabbets 6,withtheir upy per faces located below the horizontal sides Y of therabbets 5, that is to say,-the blocks 8 do'not extend up to the rabbet5.

A triangular plate 9 is secured in each'corner of the frame;y Saidplates are preferably formed of plyed material, in this instance beingshown as three-ply material, Each of the plates 9 fits in rabbetsf oftivo members, with'their lower faces located flush A'with the extendinward beyond' theiinnerr edges .of their respective blocks 8 with whichthey con-` tal(:t.A` '.i, i i bolts, each having a square head, andeachV extends downward through its block 8fand CII with the headscontacting with the respective blocks 8, as shown in Fig. 5.

Each of the four legs are denoted by numeral 12,and they each have asocket aperture extending down thereinto through the center thereof fromtheir upper ends, to receive4 their respective bolts 10.

After the boltsV are in place, as in Fig. 5, then the legs 12 may be.turned thereon until the upper ends of the legs contact tightly withtheir respective plates 9, as shown 1n Figs. 1 and 3. e

Formed vertically through each of the members of the frame is one ormore apertures 11, each to receive a screw therein, as hereinafterexplained. t

After the base hasbeen formed, as set forth, the chiiorobe may be setthereon, with the outer edges of the chiiforobe resting in the rabbets5, after which screws may be run up Y through `the apertures 11 into thebot-tom of the chiforobe, whereby the chifforobe and `the base willbesecurely but detachably conmated together'. t

Itwill now be seen that the assembled parts `as set forth will form abase of maximum rigidity and capable of easily' carrying the weightwhichmay be placed upon it, and

otherwise accomplishing the various objects l hereinpreviously stated.

I desire that it be understood that the base may may be formed of anysuitable material with the parts of various sizes and shapes, and thatvarious changes may be made in the details thereof without departingfrom the spirit of the invention or of sacrificing any of the advantagesthereof which are new and useful.A

Having now fully shown and described my invention, what I claim anddesire to secure t by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. A furniture base comprising a frame with a rabbet formed at the upperinner corner thereofand alike rabbet formedatthe lower inner cornerthereof with both rabbets extending entirely around the base, atriangular block secured in each corner of the frame with the lowervfaces of said blocks located flush with the horizontal portion of thelower Y rabbet, a triangular plate contacting with the underside of eachblock and fitting in the lower rabbet, and a leg extending down fromeach of said platesl Y,

2. A furniture base comprising a frame having `rabbets in both its upperand lower inner cornersand extending Aentirely around the inner face Vofthe frame, a triangular block locatedin 'each corner ofthe 'ame and eachSecured to `tW 'In'efbif's the frame and with the lower faces vof saidblocks located Hush with the herizontalportitn of the lower 4 rabbet, atriangular platjcntacting vthe `irritiertide cf geen of 'saidtletltswith 'their 4located, f4m the lower rabbet, a 1ag=b1t infetta cerner andeach sieraad-ia'gA framewith the lower face of said blocks located flushwith the horizontal portion of said rabbet, and a plate contacting fiatwith the iunderside of each block and fitting in said rabbet.

4. In combination with an article of furniture formed without a fixedbase supporting means, a base on which said article of furniture mayrest, said base comprisinga frame having anvupper rabbet in `its upperinner edge in which the lower edge of the article of furniture may rest,there being a lower rabbet formed in the lower inner edge of said frame,a block secured in a corner of said frame with its lower face locatedflush with the horizontal part of said lower rabbet, a plate contactingflat with the underside ofsaid block and contacting .with theverticalportion of 'said lower rabbet, a lag-bolt extending dowrilthrough the Asaid block and plate with a square head formed on the upperend of said bolt and contacting with the upper face ofsaidblock andlocated in the corner of the frame whereby the-bolt can not be turned, aleg threadedon said bolt and extending down from said plate,and meansfor detachably securing the base to an article of furniture. i

5. A construction comprising a frame with the members thereof securedtogether at the corners of the frame, a triangular block connecting eachtwo members of the frame at each corner of the fra-me, a plate securedto the undersidefof earch block and the two adjoining members of theframe, a leg having

